Okhery Population, Caste, Working Data West District, Sikkim - Census 2011

Okhery is a village situated in Soreng sub-division of West District district in Sikkim. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 366 families residing in the village Okhery. The total population of Okhery is 1,683 out of which 821 are males and 862 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Okhery is 1,050.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Okhery village is 171 which is 10% of the total population. There are 87 male children and 84 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Okhery is 966 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (1,050) of Okhery village.

Population
1,683
Families
366
Literacy
80.42%
Sex Ratio
1,050

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Okhery is 80.4%. Thus Okhery village has higher literacy rate compared to 68.5% of West District district. The male literacy rate is 87.47% and the female literacy rate is 73.78% in Okhery village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Okhery village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Okhery Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Okhery village.

Total Male Female
Children 171 87 84
Literacy 80.42% 87.47% 73.78%
Scheduled Caste 70 36 34
Scheduled Tribe 1,445 699 746
Illiterate 467 179 288

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.2% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 85.9% of total population in Okhery village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Okhery village out of total population, 717 were engaged in work activities. 57.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 717 workers engaged in Main Work, 286 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 415 313 102
Cultivators 286 211 75
Agriculture Labourer 23 22 1
Household Industries 1 1 0
Other Workers 105 79 26
Marginal Workers 302 131 171
Non Working 966 377 589

Nearby Villages to Okhery,

Below are the list of villages near Okhery village in Soreng.

Village Population
Ribdi 1,034
Tikpur 1,911
Bhareng 390
Siktam 510
Rumbuk 1,838
Salyangdang 963
Burikhop 1,337
Longchok 1,023
Burikhop 2,167
Lower Fambong 723

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